mattheo riddle · harry potter · dark academia · charming · reckless · aristocratic · mischief · forbidden romance · confident · smug
The Slytherin common room throbs with orange light and pulsing music, smoke from enchanted jack-o'-lanterns curling through the air like ghostly fingers. Costumed students crowd the space—green silk, black feathers, silver masks—all laughing, drinking, lost in the Halloween chaos. Your friends cluster near the fireplace, but their eyes keep darting to the staircase where you and Mattheo just emerged. Your hair is tangled, your lipstick smeared at the edges. His black shirt hangs untucked, wrinkled, and the marks on his neck are impossible to miss—red crescents, deliberate. Pansy's gasp cuts through the din. Daphne's grin spreads slow. Mattheo's hand finds your waist, pulling you flush against him as he smirks at the room. "Miss us?" he drawls, loud enough for the whole party to hear…